Pierce College Farm Market

When an employee asks, hesitantly, whether you are a senior yet, she is not, I repeat NOT referring to a senior in college. Sigh, I wish my own mother read Unilocal reviews.
Be that as it may we did indeed receive the senior discount (again, not based on your attrition status at Pierce) on our «produce»: Japanese tomatoes, blue cheese stuffed olives, and blueberry bread. Nope, nothing remotely akin to produce in this basket, I am headed straight for heart disease with a brief detour in snoozeville after I suck the ice cold Hendricks off the last of those olives. Free strawberry to sample, which was delicious but I can buy them cheaper elsewhere. I deeply, deeply wish they had public restrooms.

No stars!
How can anyone enjoy this place when there are ponies on the site baking in the 100 degree heat without shade!
The toy horses on the carousel even have shade!
Life sucks when a toy horse has a better life than a flesh and blood horse.

Do not go here to see movies. I have been here twice and each time people bring their little kids who do not seem to know how to behave. Always crying and whining and I have two young kids, so these parents that bring their kids should make sure their kids are quiet during a movie, just because it is free doesn’t mean you should ruin that pleasure for other people by letting your kids talk and cry through the movie. Twice this happened and from more than one family. The only two positives I can think of are that it’s free and so is the parking. I can see why the other outdoor screenings charge people, I guess you have to pay for the quality.
The screen is very small and there is one Persian food truck. It wouldn’t be that bad to go to if it wasn’t for the parents that don’t know how to control their children! Don’t ruin it for everyone else and just stay home!
The farmers market looks gross, you have to walk through it to get to the movie section. The food looks old, rotten and overpriced. Who wants to buy old fruit and veggies and pay more?

I took several children on a field trip here. Kate attended us and lead our group to farm activities. Farm activities included planting a tomato, mining for treasures, feeding goats, observing the other animals on the farm, snacking, and taking a wagon ride (which wasn’t that much fun). Kate really demonstrated her hospitality towards the children. You can tell that she loves working with kids! Even though I chose a hot summer day to take the kids on a field trip, we still had lots of fun! The Farm Market is a family friendly field trip place and isn’t too expensive either (about 7.50/child). Highly recommend for any programs, centers or schools looking for a one-​one interactive field trip!

This market is phenomenal! The locally grown fruits and veggies are well worth the price… which is actually reasonable. Also, try the breads; they are the best I’ve ever had… I actually got my whole family to buy them, weekly! The staff is friendly… and I must mention the senior and student discounts are an added benefit.

I agree with the review on the ‘Farmer’s Market’. Not worth your time. You know the permanent Pierce College produce stand near Victory & DeSoto? Besides that, there was 1 small table (smaller than the big banner that they hung out front to promote the ‘farmer’s market’) that sold fruit & vegetables. The people running the table weren’t even the farmers — they’re distributors. Plus, most of the fruit is from Mexico, complete with the fruit stickers on them. There was someone selling jewelry, a cupcake place & someone with different flavors of lemonade, plus probably one more tent that didn’t sell produce. That was the entire farmer’s market!

Free Friday night movie and $ 1 popcorn, what else do you want. Best place to take your kids, the owners are great very friendly environment.

I went after work expecting a big farmer’s market. I was looking for vegetables and fruit, but they really didn’t have anything. They had some food vendors and about 3 – 4 vendors selling veggies/​fruits. I left empty handed. I didn’t stay for Movie Night. I was hoping it was more farmer’s market than anything else. I’m assuming they focus on Movie Night/​Dinner for families.

Prices are a tad higher than discount markets but the foundation apparently supports education, field trips for kids at school and cares for a wide variety of activities. It’s an old fashioned farm environment and those that complain about acres of farm fresh goods, friendly and safe farm environment for kids, carousels and farm animals really need to remember what it was like to be a kid and appreciate simpler things. Loved this place!

My Husband and I had unexpected fun here. I had no idea they had all of that there! The carousel, animals, santa and more.
This place is great if you have kids and even for people like us who decided to not have kids! You can be a kid and enjoy yourself too!
I recommend this place, I will definitely try the next holiday extravaganza!

Oct. 6^th
I find a pumpkin in the $ 8 bin and bring it to the register
«That’ll be $ 11»
«It was in the $ 8 bin»
«It shouldn’t be, that’s an $ 11 pumpkin.»
«Every pumpkin in that bin is this size.»
I grab another one. «See?»
[We stand there in silence. Line builds behind me.]
«I will give you a discount, but next time, that size is $ 11.»
Oct. 7^th
Same-​sized pumpkin at:
Tapia bros: $ 5
Smart & Final: $ 3.99
Trader Joe’s: $ 2.99
YOU GUYS ARE RUINING HALLOWEEN FOR ME

I hate to give this place 3 stars but in all honesty when we went it literally was okayyy. We came here on a Saturday and literally not a person in site, at first we thought the place was closed but I walked up the to farmers market where they were selling produce and the woman said they were open.
At first we were hesitant but I pushed my husband to take our son and just check it out. So you enter through the Farmers market, they had free samples of strawberries, honey, and grapes. The strawberries here are sooo sweeet and just really good. The grapes as well, I couldn’t help to help myself to a few more. :) So you need to purchase tickets to ride the attractions and do different activities. I didn’t really know how much each attraction cost so I purchased $ 20 worth which only got me 10 tickets.hmmm.
So of course the first thing we did was go on the pony ride since my son just loves riding the ponies… There was only one other person at the park with her kids so it was just my son and her daughter riding the pony, he rode it two times and was happy. Next we went to another attraction where you can learn how to milk the cow, I have to say this was prettty darn funny and entertaining to watch my son milk a cow not really but it was filled with water. Watching him get down and milking it put a smile to our faces and got some great pictures so definitely this is one attraction you have to go and see.
Next we saw the ostrich, we asked if we can ride the train but they said something about it being too hot and I don’t know but it was closed, after we went to the other little train and the merry go around. 10 tickets gone, we were literally here for like 20 – 25 minutes and the tickets went by so fast. The farm was empty and I don’t know I feel like we didn’t get to enjoy the actual feel of this place, maybe during their peak season it’s better but I don’t think I’ll be going back anytime soon.
It’s a nice place but it would be better if there were more people and it was fullly functional.

It’s not as big as I thought. Supposed to be lots of food trucks. Only 1
This place was very dead. They are supposed to be doing this fun thing from 5−10pm on Friday nights with food trucks and a farmers market… I went around 7pm and not a peep.
1 food truck ive never heard of… and already made funnel cakes just sitting there.(not to mention in the 100 deg heat…
I would def reccommend a different farmers market.

Gotta love farmer’s markets, This one just so happens to be right by my buddy’s place so every time I am in need of fruits, veggies and whatnot, a quick stop is always convenient.
Most of the vendors here actually are helpful in answering questions, whether it be what fertilizer they used, if any. or just describing exactly what you’ll be getting with some strange-​to-​me fruit.
Prices are what you would expect from a farmer’s market, so don’t get sticker shock. Fresh, locally grown produce is worth paying for.

Produce is great. A bit pricey. The owner Kathy is a roaring bitch!!! Very rude. Talks down to costumers & people that work there for community service. Bitch needs to be put check real quick.

This place is way over priced. Just go to a regular market. $ 2.50 for a small avocado is ridiculous. There selection is very limited. Mainly tomatoes and strawberries. There website is advertising corn which is why I showed up. Several people were asking for corn but we were told they are out and to come back in march. I was like WTF are you serious. They had small avocados that’s it and small amount of grapes but expensive.

Its Free to get into the first half of the market where they sell the produce but the festival cost $ 4 to get into. Sunday night and not alot of people there. They had these kids boat rides in this blowup pool. They had a carosul ride with no one on it.
Kinda lame and I thought they should have had it free to get it. Didn’t seem like it was worth it to pay $ 4 to go in.

I went there this morning to get a few things for the fourth of July weekend BBQ’s
The strawberries are delicious, sweet, and full of flavor.
today they had them marked as follows:
$ 3 for 1pint
$ 7 for 3 pints
$ 13 for half flat
$ 25 for full flat
not too bad if you consider the tasteless variety you find at Trader Joes, Safeway, and Whole foods.
They also had avocado and mini avocado
the mini avocados are adorable and are 3 for $ 1 or 6 for $ 2
they would be perfect for a summer salad.
I was surprised to find that they carried a whole variety of pickled veggies from beets to garlic stuffed olives.
If you like tomatoes, today they had a handful of heirloom and hot house tomatoes. red, green, and yellow.
They have fresh Corn
$ 2 for 3 ears
$ 4 for 6 ears
$ 6 for 12 ears
it may sound a bit high to some but like i mentioned before way better quality and freshness that you would find elsewhere.
So for special BBQ’s and Holidays I don’t mind traveling a bit to get some fresh produce.
BTW they are are open the majority of the year even on some holidays.
they are closed January through March. I will definitely check out what they have in season this fall.

Love this cute little place. And by little, I mean big in taste!
The strawberries are incredible, as other commenters here have posted. The last time I went was a few months ago, and they had just a few veggies, so I was somewhat disappointed. Just went again today and they have basil, watermelons, cucumbers, zucchinis, honey, home-​made preserves, corn AND MORE.
The tomatos are small but delicious — just made a tomato salad. And YES they’re organic… a few other veggs might not be organic, but, come on, I prefer non-​organic LOCAL to non-​organic COSTCO (read Pollen’s work for more on this). Their corn is sweet — to die for.
My only beef is that the farm needs to get more organized — offer way more produce, and maybe follow the lead of Underwood Family farms, and offer a «pick your own veggie» option (fun!).
Otherwise, Love it!

Okay I know that it’s weird of me to drive all the way to the Valley to buy strawberries that are grown in Oxnard, but as of right now, the variety that this place sells is exclusive to this market, and after a 90-​second bit on KCAL-​9 News, this place is having the hardest time keeping up with the demand.
You’ll have to see them to believe them, but if you’re still not convinced, one taste will have you sold.
They’re a little on the steep side ($ 15 for half a flat), but it’s worth it. I’d buy a flat every week if I could.
Honestly, the best thing to do with these strawberries is eat them. Don’t put them in your pie. Don’t make preserves. Don’t macerate them. Don’t shortcake them.
Wash them, and stick them in your mouth. Then smile. Repeat as necessary.
And don’t worry. This variety is not a GM food and it’s only this big because of natural cross breeding, courtesy of University of California.
SFV, you are SO lucky to have these strawberries. But I’m sure it’s just a matter of time I’ll be able to pick them up here in Oxnard.